to close to light - what to do?

[quinn]

Hello, have 2 beautiful plants growing, atomic northern lights. These 2 plants are growing in hydro, for about 6 weeks now, been in flowering mode for 2 weeks. The problem i have is they continue to grow taller, even though i topped them using the FIM method.

Should i continue to keep moving the lights up? I am hesitant as the foliage down below (see pictures) will continue to get less and less light. Some of the leaves next to the lights are burning (turning brown).

quinn Reviewed by quinn on 09-30-2007. to close to light - what to do? Hello, have 2 beautiful plants growing, atomic northern lights. These 2 plants are growing in hydro, for about 6 weeks now, been in flowering mode for 2 weeks. The problem i have is they continue to grow taller, even though i topped them using the FIM method. Should i continue to keep moving the lights up? I am hesitant as the foliage down below (see pictures) will continue to get less and less light. Some of the leaves next to the lights are burning (turning brown). Rating: 5

[Zeus2007]

you should mayb move one of the lights so its near the bottom/middle of the plants, and also put on some reflective material on your walls(mylar,white paint or foil)- this will let the light bounce around a lot more and spread it out.

[the image reaper]

your plants are badly stretched, not nearly enough light ... you can bend them down (there are sections here, dealing with 'LST' techniques, do a Search) ... BUT, you will still only have a spindly plant ... start over, with better lighting, and re-read the basics of growing ... not to be too critical, but there are places you can't take short-cuts, and lighting is the main one ... remember: you're trying to imitate the Sun, for your plants ... the aforementioned 'white walls' would be a huge improvement, you're losing what few lumens you have ... :smokin:

[Storm Crow]

Your babies are light hungry! But instead of moving one of your lights down, how about adding another light, if possible.

Here's what you do about the "too tall" plants. Loosely tie a bit of natural fiber string (synthetics can cut plants!) around the stem of your plant about an inch or two down from the main bud. Just bend it enough to get it out of the lights. You don't want to break the stem! Attach the other end of the string to something- I have a few rough, rectangular rocks that are about 3 inches long that are perfect - I just wrap the string around one and set it in the pot. Plants are like people- the older they are the less flexible they are. Be gentle!

You want to gently bend your girls over in stages. Wait a day and bend it more. I just flip the rock and put another half wind on it. Repeat until they are how you want them.

With patience, you can get them bent low enough that you will be lowering your lights. This will also get light to the light starved lower branches.

Now, go do some reading. The search engine awaits you!- Granny:hippy:

[amstron]

I'd take clones, get some more lights an do a little sog or scrog grow, the yield won't be impressive off those an If you don't get more lights you will have very loose spindly buds.

[palerider7777]

not enough light get a couple lights set up for under the plants and i would'nt start over just yet if anything let them keep going until they show sex and take clones then chop them down if u don't have the room for them as there just starting to grow good and they will get alot bigger than that. im guessing ur still under the 18/6 ??

[amstron]

From the looks of things they are already showing sex. I just think it would be more productive and you'd get a better yield if you took a whole load of clones and once they were rooted after a week or two switch to 12/12, you should get some more lights. Cfl's would be more suited to a grow like that rather than a big plant unless you got Loads of them and surrounded all parts of the plant

[amstron]

CFL lights loose intensity a lot quicker the further away you get than HID's, so at the moment you will get next to no buds at the bottom. If you want to keep those plants, tie them down and get a HPS fast...sorry for going on a bit

[gt420z]

go get some Y adapters fo those clamp lights and buy 3 more cfls. also get a cheap $2 emergency blanket from walmart and cut it up and line everything with it

[palerider7777]

thats what i did for my seedling area if u don't have the money for the mylar the emergency blankets are like 2$ each